Chapter 71

[New World: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

- Basic Reward: Wizard bloodline, identity as a poor, ordinary half-blood wizard (unlocked).

- Intermediate Reward: Wizard bloodline, pure-blood wizard owning their own shop.

- Advanced Reward: Wizard bloodline, senior official in the Ministry of Magic, belonging to one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families.]

[Time Limit: Six months.]

As Leo opened the task panel, the information about the new world and its rewards was fully displayed before him.

"A magical world, huh?"

He had seen all three parts of *Fantastic Beasts*, which were essentially prequels to the *Harry Potter* series, set sixty-five years before *Harry Potter*'s story.

Back then, Voldemort was just a newborn, still a baby.

"This could be an interesting world!"

Recalling the stories of *Harry Potter* and *Fantastic Beasts* from his past life, Leo started to form some ideas.

Even though his preference leaned towards worlds of martial arts or immortal cultivation, he couldn't deny that the world of *Fantastic Beasts* was also appealing.

Firstly, there weren't any overly powerful beings in that world. While wizards had amazing magic, they had obvious weaknesses too. Physically, they weren't much stronger than ordinary humans.

Moreover, many spells had clear casting signs, so with a bit of physical training, it would be easy to dodge them. For him, this world didn't pose too much of a threat.

Secondly, the magical system in this world differed from typical magical worlds. It didn't focus on destructive elemental magic, which would overlap with the ninjutsu he had learned and wouldn't add much value.

This world's magic was more oriented towards rules and functionality. Many spells might not seem powerful on the surface, but upon deeper thought, they appeared terrifying.

For example, Apparition involves spatial laws, the Time-Turner deals with temporal laws, Transfiguration, Animagus, and Horcruxes touch on life laws, and there are also spells involving the soul, like the Imperius Curse.

There are also spells for invisibility, flight, stunning, binding, repair, summoning, and more, all of which are incredibly useful.

These spells might not have great destructive power, but they are extremely functional.

"Should I enter now?"

At this point, a crucial question stood before Leo.

Now that he knew what the new small world was and the rewards for different levels of completion, should he enter early to quickly gain new abilities, or wait to achieve a higher completion level and enter the new world with a better identity?

Both choices had their pros and cons.

The first option would allow him to gain new abilities faster, which would greatly help in the main world, whether in Marvel or in Naruto.

Plus, time in the main world kept moving forward, while time in the small world could be gained by completing tasks. The sooner he started and entered the small world, the stronger he could become before the next crisis in the main world.

But the rewards for different starting identities were also very tempting.

In the Naruto world, if he hadn't been the Prince of the Fire Nation and was just an ordinary person, it would have been much harder to find a master to learn ninjutsu. He might even have died early if he encountered a powerful ninja by chance.

"I'll wait a bit longer, at least for another month."

After careful consideration, Leo decided on the former option: entering the new world sooner.

After all, he was no longer in the same condition as when he had first crossed over. Back then, his body was still recovering and hadn't reached its peak, and he didn't know what the new world would be like or how dangerous it was, so he aimed for the highest completion level possible.

But now, his strength had returned to its peak, and he had learned chakra extraction and various ninjutsu in the Naruto world, significantly enhancing his power.

So, having a prestigious identity wasn't as important anymore.

He wanted to acquire Apparition from *Fantastic Beasts* as quickly as possible because that spell would be very useful for his future plans and would maximize his safety.

In the future, even if he encountered an enemy much stronger than himself, as long as the opponent didn't have spatial abilities, he could use Apparition to escape if things went south.

As for why he wanted to wait a month, it was because, judging by the current development trend of his company, and if he could find Dr. Banner, there was a chance to develop a new product.

There was a certain probability that the Li Group could, within a month, match Stark Industries in assets.

If that happened, he could enter the new world with the intermediate completion reward and identity.

Even though there isn't much difference in bloodline between half-blood and pure-blood wizards, and being pure-blood doesn't necessarily mean superiority, in 1926, being a pure-blood wizard would certainly grant a higher status in the wizarding world, along with owning a shop and having ample starting funds.

The most important thing was that from his last experience in the Naruto world, he realized that his body directly crossed over, not just his soul taking over.

This meant that some wizard in that world had died, and he took over their identity, with the panel copying the dead wizard's memories into his mind.

It was like watching a movie of that wizard's life.

So, different identities meant different memories.

If he chose the poor half-blood wizard, that wizard might have been a dunce with little magical knowledge, and powerful spells would be out of his reach.

But if he chose the intermediate pure-blood wizard, his family background would ensure he knew more magic, especially since he would be the owner of a magic shop, at least excelling in one type of magic.

Of course, it didn't mean that just because the pure-blood wizard knew certain spells, he would automatically know them too, but having those memories would speed up his learning process exponentially compared to starting from scratch.

The senior Ministry official would be even better. A wizard who could reach such a high position would undoubtedly be powerful and knowledgeable in magic.

However, to surpass Stark Industries at its peak, it would take more than six months, maybe even a year or more, and the exact difference needed is uncertain.

So, after weighing all factors, he decided that if he could reach the intermediate level within a month, he would go with that. If not, he would enter the new world at the basic level without forcing himself to achieve the advanced level.

With this decision made, he got up and headed toward the company's lab.

He needed to find Stern to check on Dr. Banner's whereabouts, how far he was from New York, and whether they could develop a new drug before merging the Super Soldier Serum with the Hulk's genes.

By riding the wave of excitement that Tony had stirred up, they could use the new drug to achieve a second breakthrough and reach the intermediate level.